On 10/11/2007, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +0000, Mac wrote: > > Friends >>> Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent > > questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are > > actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. > > > > So here's a quick poll: > > > > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > > > And, if you do, do you use > > > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 > > > > with ESSID broadcast / hidden? > > > > > > Mac > ESSID broadcast. > I used to have no security until 10 minutes ago, when I enabled either > WPA or WPA2 (not sure which), with 128 bit passphrase. My lappy with > intel 3945abg wireless connects fine, as does my brother's desktop with > an rt61. Both of the above run gutsy. I haven't tested my desktop with > bcm4306 yet. Since there's noone in the house who has any sort of idea > about windows wireless at all, my parents' XP MCE 2005 with bcm4311 > isn't connecting. If you use the windows utility, it says the passphrase > isn't the right length (it says it'll only accept 5 or 13 characters and > mine's 12) and if you use the belkin utility, it cant decide whether ive > got security enabled or not. > -- > Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi there I am using Ubuntu wirelessly on my lap top- but I don't know the > answer to your list of techy questions, but I can ask a friend. What is the > survey for?
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